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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Lidgerwood, First NB, W5772
Fr. 607 $5 1902PB
Grade: PMG VF 25 Net    

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A lovely Blue Seal from this Richmond County bank that is one of only two Blue Seals reported. A lovely note with purple stamped signatures of Maria Ottillie Movius, President and Ella C. Parizek, Assistant Cashier. There is a minor, light stain on the back. PMG notes: stained. The Movius State Bank was organized in April 1896, by siblings Emil A., John H., William R., and Mary O. Movius. In 1901 Emil also established the First National Bank. Mr. Movius was also president of the German State Bank of Mott, North Dakota, and the Farmers State Bank of Great Bend, North Dakota. He devoted much of his time to the direction of the affairs of the Movius Land & Loan Company, of which he was the president. Lidgerwood, Richland County, is in the Wahpeton metro area in the southeast corner of North Dakota. The population was 652 at the 2010 census. This town was founded in 1886 as the Great Northern Railroad and Soo Line Railroad built westward with nearly parallel lines. It was named for George I. Lidgerwood, the right-of-way agent for the Soo Line Railroad who platted the site. The post office was established March 2, 1887 with Jacob A. Rickert as Postmaster. The village incorporated in 1895, and became a city in 1900 with J. D. Mulloy mayor and a peak population of 1,147 was reached in 1950. Historical author Z'Dena Trinka (1893-1967) was born near here, and sculptor Ida Bisek Prokop Lee began her career in this city.

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